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HAAKON A. MARTIN, OF DAYTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE NATIONAL CASH REGISTER COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

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Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Allg. 26, 1919.

Application led June 15, 1916, Serial No. 103,804. Renewed May 29, 1919. Serial No. 300,774.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAAKON A. MARTIN, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Dayton, in th-e county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Issuing Machines, of which I declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to ticket issuing machines and has more particular relation to that class of ticket issuing machines adapted for use in issuing tickets for railroads, steamship lines or analogous uses.

The general object of the present invention is to provide an eilicient and compact machine for use in railroad stations to issue tickets good only between the station at which the machine is located and other established stations. It will readily be seen that the present invention in its present embodiment is capable of other uses, such, for instance, as on Steamship lines, ferry lines and other lines of local travel.

Tn application for U. S. Letters Patent` Serial No. 6,490, filed February 6, 1915, by Haakon A. Martin, there is shown and described a form of ticket issuing mechanism embodying detachable destination devices or matrices which control differential mechanism for actuating totalizing means and positioning type carriers adapted to print on a detail strip only the values of the tickets printed by the destination devices. In the present invention destination devices of the same general type are employed but it is one of the principal objects of the invention to construct them to perform the additional function of controlling differentialv mechanism which positions type carriers for printing characters or numbers on a detail strip in connection with the printed values so that the particular destination devices used are identified.

It is also one of the objects of this invention to provide novel meansfor preventing rebound of the differential mechanism.

It is a further object of the invention to provide means for locking the'amount differential mechanism against movement during an operation in which a destination device is not used to print on the issued ticket and the machine is not prepared for printing a total or a subtotal.

It is a further object of this invention to provide means for preventing operation of the machine when the machine is prepared for issuing a ticket of one class and adestination device for printing on a ticket of another class is in the machine.

Another object ofthe invention is to prevent operation of the machine for printing a total or subtotal from the totalizing mechanism when a destination device is in the machine.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, the essential elements of which are set forth in appended claims, and a preferred form of embodiment of which is heroinater described with reference to the drawings which accompany and form part of the specification.

Of said drawings Figure l is a front elevation of the machine embodying the present invention, with the cabinet omitted.

Fig. 2 is a left side elevation of the machine.

Fig. 3 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1, with various parts omitted.

Fi 3A is a detail of an arm and stud forming part of the mechanism for preventing repeated operation by holding the motor key depressed at the end of an operation.

Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 4 4 of Fig. 1, with various parts omitted.

Fig. 5 is a transverse vertical section taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 6 is a detail perspective view showing the means for retaining an issued ticket in the end of the ticket chute and the ejected destination device in position to be removed by the fingers of the operator.

Fig. 7 1s a Vtransverse vert-ical section taken on the line 7 7 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 8 is a right hand side elevation of the machine. In this view the motor has been omitted and the clutch connection through which the motor operates the machine is shown partly broken away.

Fig. 9 is a detail view showing part of the operating gearing of the machine.

Figs. 10 and 11 are full sized detail side and top plan views respectively of the adjustable electro-cylinder and means for adjusting it and also shows the device for operating the platen frame to make one or two impressions on a ticket, depending upon Whether a. one Way or a round trip ticket is to be issued.

Fig. 12 is a detail sectional view through the mechanism for carrying the destination devices and effecting printing therefrom and shows the mechanism in moved osition.

Fig. 13 is a detail Aleft hand side view of the platen and ticket retaining frames.

Fig. 14 is a detail front view of the frames shown in Fig. 1.3.

Fig. 15 is a detail view of the cam and connections for moving the platen and ticket retaining frames into the position shown in Fig. 12.

Fig. 16 is a detail perspective view of part of the platen frame.

Fig. 17 is a detail perspective view of the ticket ejecting device and shows the device in operated position.

Fig. 18 is a detail sectional view through the ticket chute, the section being taken on the line 18)*18 of Fig. 5. The ejecting pawl is shown in en agement with a ticket.

Fig. 19 is a, detail sectional view through the destination device carrying frame and shows the means for operatin the consecutive numbering devices of t fe destination devices.

Fig. 2O is a detail perspective view of the destination device carrying frame.

Fig. 21 is a detail perspective View of the means for operating the consecutive numbering devices of the destination devices.

Fig. 22 is aL detail perspective view of parts of the devices for preventing operation of the machine to print a total or subtotal when the destination device is in the machine and for preventing operation of the machine when the latter is prepared for printing a ticket of one class and a destination device for rintin on the ticket of another class is in t e mac ine.

Fig. 23 is a detail rear view of the mecha nism for severing tickets from. the ticket strip.

Fig. 24 is an enlarged detail view of the rear end of a destination device and shows the amount and number holes.

Fig. 25 is an enlarged bottom view, partly broken away, of a destination device.

Fig. 26 is an enlarged detail sectional view taken on the line 26-26 of Fig. 25.

Figs. 27 and 28 are detail top plan views of the rear ortions of two destmation devices of di erent classes and show the grooves with which certain of the pawls shown in Fig. 22 coperate.

Figs. 29, 30 and 31 are full sized views of tickets issued by the machine; Fig. 29 beinga front view of a one way ticket; Fig. 30 afront view of a round tripteket and Fig. 31 a rear view of a one way ticket.

Fig. 32 is an enlarged front view of one of the' destination devices.

Fig. 33 is a full sized detail side view of the amount diiierential mechanism consrolled by the destination devices.

Fig. 84 is a full sized front view of the mechanism shown in Fig. 33 and shows a' destination device, partly broken away.

Fig. 35 is a full sized detail perspective view of the means for preventing movement of the amount differential mechanism during certain operations of the machine.

Fig. 36 is a full sized detail sectional View taken through a series of nested sleeves and ihe type carriers carried thereby.

Fig. 37 is a detail side view of part of the detail strip carrying frame and the cam for operating the same.

Fig. 38 is a' full sized detail side view of the means for moving the totalizer into engagement with the actuating mechanism during adding operations in which tickets are printed upon by the destination devices.

Fig. 39 is a full sized detail side view showing the means for moving the totalizer into en agement with the actuating mechanism during subtotal printing operations.

Fig. 40 is a full sized detail view in front elevation of the means for engaging the totalizer with the actuating mechanism during adding, total printing and subtotal printing operations of the machine.

Fig. 41 is a detail side view of the means for operating the arm which moves the tickets into the position in which the round trip destination devices print on the return portions of the tickets.

Fig. 42 is a detail View of the means for alining the actuating mechanism for the totalizer.

Flig. 43 is a detail sectional View through the adjustable electro cylinder and the dating` device mounted 'within the same.

ig. 44 is a detail side view of the hand lever and part ofthe connections for controlling movement of the destination devices into and out of the machine.

Fig. 45 is a detail side view of the means for operating the arms employed to aline the destination device carrying frame in its dii'erent positions.

The printing of the name of the destination stations as well as the consecutive numbers of the tickets of each class to each destination is performed by destination devices which are in the form of detachable matrices separately insertible into the machine, one of these devices of each class being, provided for each station taken care of by the machine. When a ticket is to be issued the destination device for printing on the ticket of the desired class for the de' sired station of destination is inserted into a chute. Upon operation of a hand lever thc inserted destination device moves into a rock frame employed to carry the device into the position in which it prints upon the ticket to be issued. During operation of the machine a ticket is partly printed by an electro-cylinder and printing roll, fed over a platen in a platen carrying frame and then severed from the ticket strip. The platen frame subsequently is rocked to carry the ticket into engagement with the destination device to print therefrom. The electro-cylinder is constructed to be adjusted prcliminarily to the operation of the machine so that it may print part of a one way or round trip ticket. The platen in accordance with the p-osition of the electro-cylinder then carries the ticket once or twice againstv the inserted destination. device to print from the latter once if upon a one way ticket and twice if upon a round trip ticket.

While a destination device is in position to print on a ticket it is in Coperative relationship with finger bearing bars comprising part of the differential mechanism of the machine. The amount differential mechanism controlled by the destination device is employed to actuate a totalizer and position amount type carriers for printing on a detail strip. Differential mechanism also controlled by the destination devices position number type carriers for printing numbers in connection with the printed amounts to designate the destination device employed, a number being assigned to each destination device. The destination devices are rovided with amount determining and num er determining means which in the present instance are in the form of holes of different depths corresponding to the value of the tickets issued and the number of the destinationy devices.M Upon operation of the machine the fingers on. the bars of the amount and number di'erential mechanisms move into these holes and upon being arrested by the engagement of the fingers with the bottoms of the holes effect disconnections between the differentially movable members and their driving devices.

A paw] is operated during movement of the destination device carrying `frame to actuate the consecutive `numbering device of the destination device used.

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The form of clutch and motor connections, shown in Figs. 8 and 9, has become well known in the art and is fully shown and described in Letters Patent of the U. S. No. 1,144,418, granted to Chas. F. Kettering and Wm. A Chryst, June 29, 1915, and therefore will not be described in detail here. In general the clutch comprises a disk 50 which is adapted to be given a slight preliminary movement under the action of a spring (not shown) to couple two clutch members 53 and 54 together by means of rollers 55. The clutch member 54 is fast to a gear 56 meshing with a worm gear 57, driven positively by the motor (not shown). The disk 50 is normally restrained from such reliminary movement by engagement of a ange 58 on the disk 50 with a projection 59 on a lever 60, which is pivoted on a stud 63, projecting from the right hand side frame of the machine. A nose 64 on the lever 60 normally engages a pin 65 on an arm 66. When the pin 65 is moved out of engagement with the nose 64, as will be described presently, a spring 67 rocks the lever 6() to move th-e projection 59 out of engagement with the flange 58 whereupon the disk 50 is given a slight movement, as above stated, to couple the clutch members 53 and 54 together.

The clutch member 53 is fast on a sleeve 68 (Fig. 8) carrying a gear 69 meshing with a gear 70, fast on a shaft 71 journaled in the side frames of the machine. Fast on thc shaft 71 is a gear 74 (Fig. 3) meshing with an intermediate ear 7 5 which in turn meshes with a gear 6 fast on a shaft 77 journaled in the side frames of the machine. Through this gearing the shafts 71 and 77 are given one complete rotation in the direction of the arrows (Fig. 3) upon each operation of the machine. The gear 69 (Fig. 8) also meshes with a gear 79 which in turn meshes with a gear which through the gear 79 is given one complete rotation in thc direction of the arrow, upon each operation of the machine. Fastened to the gear 80 is a disk 83 having a shoulder 84 normally engaging a lug 85 which is mounted on the lever 60 and therefore moved out of engagement with the shoulder 84to permit operation of the machine when the projection 59 is moved. out of engagement with the flange 58. Near the end of the operation of the machine a pin 86 on the gear 79 engages a block 87 on the lever 60 to rock the latter to normal position whereupon the arm 66 is rocked to move the pin 65 into normal enga ement with the nose 64 as will be described presently.

A lever 88 (Fig. 8) carries a roller 89 engaging a disk 90 fast to the gear 79. A compressed spring 93 coiled about a pin 94, projecting through a lug on the lever 88 rocks the latter counter clockwise (Fig. 8) to normal position near the very end of the operation of the machine when the nearly radial edge 95 of the disk 90 is moved opposite the roller 89 so that movement of the roller on this edge insures movement of the operating gearing to normal position during the last few degrees of movement, as is well linderstood in the art.

If desired a crank handle 96 (Fig. 1) may be employed instead of the electric motor to operate the machine. The crank handle is constructed to rotate a sleeve 97 (Figs. 1 and 8) carrying a pinion98 meshing with a gear fltl 99, which in turn meshes with the gear 80. Through the pinion 98, gear 99 and the above described gearing, the shafts 71 and 77 are given one complete rotation by two complete rotations of the handle 96.

The mechanism for rocking the arm 66 (Fig. 8) out of normal position to effect the release of the machine will now be described. The arm 66 is pivotally connected to one end of a pitman 100 which at its other end is forked over a shaft 103. A lever 104 fast on the shaft 103 carries a roller 105 projecting into a cam slot 106 formed in the pitman 100. A spring 107 tends to rock the lever 104 and shaft 103 clockwise (Fig. 8) but such movement is normally7 prevented by engagement of a pin 108 (Fi 3 and 3^) on an arm 109 fast on the sha t 103 with a lug or block 110 mounted on the rear end of a slide 113. The slide 113 is providedwith slots 114 through which the shaft 103and a cross rod 115 project.

Mounted on the forward end of the slide 113 is a motor kcy 116 (Figs. 1 and 3) which when the machine is to be released, the operator pushes rearwardly thereby sliding the slide 113 rearwardly on the shaft 103 and cross rod 115 against the action of a spring 117 which is inter osed between a pin 118 on the slide 113 and) a stud 119 on the frame of the machine. Such rearward movement of the slide 113 moves the lug 110 from under the pin 108 whereupon the spring 107 (Fig. 8) rocks the lever 104 and shaft 103 clockwise. The cam slot 106 in the pitman 100 is so constructed that such movement of the lever 104 moves the itman 100 downwardly thereby rocking t e arm 66 to move the pin 65 out of engagement with the nose 64 of the lever 60 to permit the release of the machine. When the shaft 103 is rocked in this manner the pin 108 (Fig. 3) is lowered in front of the lug 110 thereby retaining the slide 113 and the motor key in operated p0- sition.

Near the end of the operation of the machine and after the lever 60 Yhas been rocked back to normal locking position as above described the shaft 103 1s rocked counter clockwise (Fig. 8) to normal position, as will now be described, whereupon the roller 105 through its coperati'on with the slot 106 raises the pitrnan 100 to move the pin 65 over the nose 64 and thereby lock the lever 60 in normal position, it being remembered that the lever is restored to normal by the pin 86 engaging the block 87 on the lever 60 as hereinbefore described. A pitman 120 (Figs. 3 and 5) is pivoted to an arm 125, fast on the shaft 103. The lower end of the pitman is forked over the shaft 71 andcarries a roller 126 which projects into a cam groove 127 formed in the face of a disk 128, fast on the shaft 71. This cam groove 127 is so constructed that the pitman may 'be lowered when the machine is released. Near tho. beginning of the operation of the machine the cam groove through the pitman 120 and arm 125 rocks the shaft 103 still further counter clockwise (Fig. 3) and then clockwise to the position to which it was moved by the spring 107 upon release of the machine, for a purpose to be described later. Near the end of the operation of the machine the cam groove rocks the shaft 103 counter clockwise (Fig. 8) past normal. position after the lever 60 has been restored to normal. Then the spring 107 rocks the shaft 103 to normal position. When the shaft 103 is rocked counter clockwise (Fig. 8) past normal position by the cam groove 127 movement of the roller in the slot 106 moves the pitman 100 and arm 66 to normal position.

A slide 130 (Fig. 3) is provided to revent a second immediate operation of t e machine by retaining the motor key 116 and slide 113 in their rear position at the end of an operation. The slide 130 at its rear end is forked over the shaft 103 and near its forward end is provided with a slot 133 through which the pin 118 projects. A spring 134 interposed between projections on the slides 113 and 130 normally retains the forward end of the slot 133 in engagement with the pin 118. When the slide 113 is moved rearwardly to release the machine the rear end of the lower fork 135 of the slide 130 engages the forward Hat side 1301 (Fig. 3A) of the pin 108, thereby arresting the movement of the slide 130 during the continued movement of the slide 113 to its rearward position. When `the shaft 103 is rocked to release the machine the pin 108 moves down between the lug 110 and the lower fork 135 o f the slide 130. It can be seen from this construction that if the slide 113 and motor key are retained in their rear position until near the end of an operation of the machine the spring 134 moves the slide 130 rearwardly when the pin 108 is raised above normal position and out of engagement with the lower fork 135 so that this fork will move under the pin 108 thereby preventing the shaft 103 from rockingto release the machine. When the operator removes his finger from the motor key the spring 117 moves the slide 113 and the motor key forwardly to normal position and during this movement the pin 118 engages the forward end of the slot 133 to move the slide 130 forward to normal position so that the lower fork of the slide is carried from under the pin 108. Then when :he spring 107 (Fig. 8) rocks theshaft 103 sind arm 109 counter clockwise (Fig. 3) the vpin 108 engages the lug 110 there y preventing release of the machine until the motor key is again pushed to its rear position.

Destination devices. A large number of destination devices are ce destination device and used, as one device is provided for each class of tickets issued to each of the stations taken care of by the machine. Any one of the usual classes oi tickets may be represented by a destination device, such for example as one-halt fare, full fare, round trip, one way or excursiom etc.

Each destination device (Figl 25) is provided with a consecutive numbering device comprising a plurality of printing wheels 137 mounted on a shaft 138 (Fig. 26) which is supported in parallel plates 139. The plates are mounted in the forward end of a casing 140 of the destination device and their forward ends project through openings cut in the front end of the casing.

The units printing wheel 1370i the consecutive numbering device is fast on the sh'aft 138 and the remaining wheels are loose thereon. A ratchet 144 is also fast on this shaft. A pawl 145, pivoted on an arm 146 loose on the shaft 138, engages the ratchet 144. The forward end of a spring 147 coiled about the shaft 138 projects through a hole 148 in the pawl 145 and serves to retain the pawl and arm 146 in the normal position shown in Fig. 26. When the destination device is inserted into the machine and the machine operated the arm 146 is rocked clockwise (Fig. 26) in a manner to be described later, whereupon the pawl 145 rotates the ratchet 144, the shaft 138 and the units printin wheel one step numbering device. The nose of a pawl 150 pivoted on engagement with a ratchet wheel 153, fast on the shaft 138, by a spring 154 to prevent backward movement of the consecutive numbering device.

Transfer from one printing wheel to the printing wheel of next higher order may be accomplished by many well known forms of transfer mechanism, but in the present embodiment the well known Geneva transfer mechanism has been used, only part of which is shown in the present drawings. This type of mechanism2 which in the present invention, includes pinions 151 and disks 152 (Fig. 25) need not be described in detail here as it is well known and is also fully shown and described in the above mentioned copending application and reference may be had thereto for a complete description of the same.

In addition to printing the consecutive number of the ticket issued by a destination device the latter is adapted to print the naine of the destination station to which it is assigned, the fare and the class (Figs. 29 and 30). This data or any other'desired data is printed by a printing plate 155, fast on aI plate 156A forming part of the bottom of the casing for the destination device.

A pocket is formed in the front end of the the card 157 (Fig.

to add one on the one of the plates 139 is held in -through the chute 165 side of the member the name of the destination station, etc., is inserted into this pocket.

A block 158 (Figs. 24, 25 and 26) is mounted in the rear end of each destination device and is provided with a row of holes 159 for controlling the amount differential mechanism of the machine and a row of holes 160 for controlling the differential mechanism which positions type carriers adapted to print the number assigned to the destination device. The means controlled by these holes will be described in detail later. Stops 163 are inserted into the holes 159 and 160 and form the bottom or ends thereof.

Means controlling insertion and ejection of desti/nation devices.

When a destination device isI to be used to print on a ticket it is inserted through a hole in the cabinet of the machine into the open upper end of a chute 165 (Fi s. 1, 3, 4 and 5). The chute 165 is mounte on the cross rod 115 and a cross rod 166. The destination devices are inserted into the chute 165 with their card bearing ends first and the printing plates 155 facing the back of the chute. On the inner face of its right hand side the chute is provided with a rib or guide 167 (Fig. 1 on which studs 168 (Figs. 24 and 25) on t e `destination devices are adapted to slide, the purpose of the rib 167 and studs 168 being to prevent the insertion of the destination devices incorrectly. The back of the chute is provided with an opening 169 (Fig.` 5) and the left hand side of the bottom of the destination devices are adapted to slide on the back of the chute to the left of this opening.

The inserted destination device drops into a frame 170 (Figs. 5, 12, 19 and 20). This frame 170 consists of two side pla-tes 173 and a member 174 fast on inwardly turned anges 175 of the side plates. The side plates 173 are loose on rods 176 (Figs. 2 and 7) carried in corresponding frames 177 fast on the base of the machine. On the inner right hand side of the member 174 (Figs. 12 and 20) is a rib 32) bearing 180 upon whichthe studs 168 of the destina- On the inner left hand 174 is a rib 183 (Figs. 5, 19 and 20) upon which the left hand portions of the bottoms of the destination devices slide. The frame 170 is normally in such position that the inserted destination devices can slide down the chute 165 into the member 174. A cross rod 1.84 (Figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7 and 12) is supported by links 185 pivoted at 186 on arms 18,7 which in turn are pivoted on the rods 176. The rod 184 is normallyY below the lower open end of themember 174 as shown in Fig.` 5 so that when a destination device drops into the member 174 it is arrested by engagement eig tion devices slide.

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